Press Releases

Published: Thursday, February 28, 2019, 2:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan, 301.634.7346, press@ashg.org 25 Travel Awards Will Enhance Africa’s Participation in Scientific Dialogue ROCKVILLE, Md. – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), in collaboration with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), is pleased to announce the addition of 25 awards... Read More

Published: Thursday, January 3, 2019, 11:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan, 301.634.7346, press@ashg.org Protections Remain Vital to Research Progress and Given Growing Use of Genetics ROCKVILLE, Md. – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) articulated its support for comprehensive protections against genetic discrimination worldwide, citing the need for fairness, access to... Read More

For Immediate Release Monday, November 26, 2018 1:30 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Report from China, if Confirmed, Would Be at Odds with Field Consensus that Germline Editing is Not Ready for Human Use ROCKVILLE, Md. – Given this morning’s reports of infants possibly born in China whose genomes were... Read More

For Immediate Release Saturday, October 20, 2018 12:40 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Resource Presented at ASHG 2018 Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Geneticists have assembled the largest sets of African genomic data available to date, creating a resource that will help researchers understand the genetic structure of Africa... Read More

For Immediate Release Saturday, October 20, 2018 10:30 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Findings Presented at ASHG 2018 Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, Calif. – By studying the effect of genetic variations on lifespan across the human genome, researchers have devised a way to estimate whether an individual can expect to... Read More